The world has not always been this way [food trade] (The Automatic Earth, 5/8/08)

Congress almost passes a farm bill - Bush vows to veto (Grist, 5/8/08)

Better homes and gardens (Grist, 5/8/08)

Plans to end hunger advance (Kennebec Journal, 5/8/08)

Maine bread company bashes U.S. fuel policy (Bangor Daily News, 5/8/08)

Long view on gas prices (Bangor Daily News, 5/8/08)

Down on the farm at 38,000 feet (The Ethicurean, 5/8/08)

What happens when gasoline exceeds $7.00 per gallon? (Treehugger.com, 5/8/08)

Citizens for a Green Camden seeks businesses, residents to pledge no pesticides (Village Soup, 5/7/08)

Bad news, bees (Grist, 5/7/08)

New food safety rules may do more harm than good (AlterNet, 5/7/08)

Biofuels can yield unwanted results (Editorial in Kennebec Journal, 5/7/08)

You needn't know what a BGH is to join the local movement (Portland Press Herald, 5/7/08)

The Chef's Kitchen show taping in Edgecomb (Portland Press Herald, 5/7/08)

Washington to unveil local farm market (Kennebec Journal, 5/6/08)

Food prices on a roll (AP article in Portland Press Herald, 5/6/08)

Farmers share their bounty (Kennebec Journal, 5/5/08)

Advice from designers might plant some ideas in Maine gardeners' minds (Portland Press Herald, 5/4/08)

What do bats tell us about the environment? (Boston Globe, 5/4/08)

Multinationals make billions in profit out of global growing food crisis (The Independent [U.K.], 5/4/08)

Why we need to rise up against industrial agriculture (AlterNet, 5/3/08)

Fuel costs squeezing hay growers, while pressuring livestock farmers (Kennebec Journal, 5/3/08)

Can we escape the Frankenstate? (AlterNet, 5/2/08)

Counter-revolutionaries in Montville (Bangor Daily News, 5/2/08)

Kate's Homemade Butter the cream of the crop (Ellsworth American, 5/1/08)

Native seeds fight food shortage and global warming (Treehugger.com, 5/1/08)

CSAs can transform Iowa's farm economy (Grist, 5/1/08)

The culture of death (The Automatic Earth, 5/1/08)

Beyond MacIntosh: John Bunker's mission to save abandoned (and glorious) apples by helping people plant for the future (The Atlantic, May 2008)

Washburn-Norlands fire spares center's crown jewel (Portland Press Herald, 4/30/08)

Peach trees light up the old hen house, and vice versa (Organic To Be, 4/30/08)

Nitrogen fertilizer is in short supply (Grist, 4/30/08)

It's a corn, corn, corn, corn world (George Smith Op-Ed in Kennebec Journal, 4/30/08)

EPA chemical-review process sucks, says GAO (Grist 4/29/08)

Edging toward a farm bill (Editorial in Kennebec Journal, 4/29/08)

Emptying the bread basket [wheat on the Great Plains) (Washington Post, 4/29/08)

Insects disfigured by nuclear radiation (New Scientist - Environment, 4/28/08)

Fuel costs worry blueberry growers (Bangor Daily News, 4/28/08)

Eat locally, survive globally (Toronto Star, 4/27/08)

The future of dirt (Boston Globe, 4/27/08)

It's a clean slate at Slate's (Kennebec Journal, 4/27/08)

Environmental cost of shipping groceries around the world (New York Times, 4/26/08)

Costs killing Maine farmers (Bangor Daily News, 4/25/08

What's causing sudden run-up in food prices? (Grist, 4/25/08)

Potato fields, pesticides and Parkinsons (Globe & Mail [Toronto], 4/25/08)

Washington State farm markets booming (Treehugger.com, 4/25/08)

Is organic food really healthier? (AlterNet, 4/23/08)

King Corn film digs into food supply (Portland Press Herald, 4/23/08)

Scrutinizing the sustainable farming message (The Phoenix, 4/23/08)

Tidbits: Eat for the Earth (Bangor Daily News, 4/23/08)

How syrup suggests a return to Eden (Bangor Daily News, 4/23/08)

Innovation makes a farm for all seasons (Boston Globe, 4/23/08)

Kernel-Industrial Complex (The Phoenix, 4/23/08)

How does your garden grow? Ontario plans to ban garden pesticides (Grist, 4/23/08)

Who is a farmer? (Grist, 4/23/08)

Soaring food prices drain schools' lunch budgets (Portland Press Herald, 4/23/08)

Our ewes are having lots of lambs, but is more better? (Organic To Be, 4/22/08)

Get that green collar dirty (Grist, 4/22/08)

No-go fish: A review of Bottomfeeder (The Ethicurean, 4/22/08)

Seed demand rises, driven by food costs (Portland Press Herald, 4/21/08)

Family dairies object to Farm Bill (Bangor Daily News, 4/21/08)

In lean times, biotech grains are less taboo (New York Times, 4/21/08)

Maryland joins efforts to put local foods in school cafeterias (Associated Press, 4/21/08)

Why bother? (Michael Pollan in New York Times, 4/20/08)

Exposed: the great GM crops myth (The Independent [U.K.], 4/20/08)

Invasive herb appearance spurs concern (Kennebec Journal, 4/20/08)

Montville's seeds of change planted prematurely (Letter to editor of Portland Press Herald, 4/20/08)

Food crisis set to get worse (OneWorld.net, 4/19/08)

Blooming of these small trees evocative of Maine's past (Bangor Daily News, 4/19/08)

The hidden battle to control the world's food supply (AlterNet, 4/19/08)

Health food store [Uncle Dean's] bans genetically modified items (Morning Sentinel, 4/19/08)

To make local food more accessible, time to revive mid-sized farms (Grist, 4/18/08)

Sticker shock in organic aisles (New York Times, 4/18/08)

Nalgene dumps estrogenic ingredient (Grist, 4/18/08)

Sowing disaster: why we need a new farm bill (Common Dreams, 4/18/08)

Face it: we all aren't going to become vegetarians (AlterNet, 4/18/08)

How does your garden grow? (Grist, 4/18/08)

Agro-sham: Bush and farm policy 'reform' (Grist, 4/17/08)

Electric utility giving away 75,000 clotheslines (Treehugger.com, 4/17/08)

Canada likely to label plastic ingredient toxic (New York Times, 4/16/08)

Chemical in plastic may harm human growth (Los Angeles Times, 4/16/08)

Food shortage looming if crop focus isn't altered (The Capital Times, 4/16/08)

Grow economy in clusters (Portland Press Herald, 4/16/08)

Deadline looms for passage of Farm Bill (Kennebec Journal, 4/16/08)

Ending slavery for pennies (The Nation, 4/16/08)

A fairly simple way to save millions in energy (Organic To Be, 4/16/08)

U.N. calls for farming revolution (BBC News, 4/15/08)

Good reasons to support local farmers (Seattle Post Intelligencer, 4/15/08)

Health Canada primed to declare Bisphenol A toxic (Grist, 4/15/08)

Plant peas: It's Patriotic! (By Russell Libby)

U.S. security and food prices linked (Portland Press Herald, 4/15/08)

The real good life: an entire village turns against supermarkets and grows its own food (The Daily Mail [U.K.], 4/14/08)

Soil Association [U.K. equivalent of MOFGA] report shows GM crops do not yield more -- sometimes less (Soil Association Press Release, 4/14/08)

Crunch time for the farm bill (Grist, 4/14/08)

Putting your money where your mouth is (Grist, 4/14/08)

Coke still "it" with the kids (Grist, 4/14/08)

Apples lower risk for metabolic syndrome (PlanetGreen, 4/14/08)

Is Earth Day the new Christmas? (Treehugger, 4/14/08)

The coming war with Iran: it's about the oil stupid (The Huffington Post, 4/13/08)

In Montville, unengineered seeds of rebellion (4/13/2008)

GE crop bill of huge import (Kennebec Journal, 4/13/08)

Where have all the joiners gone (Common Dreams, 4/13/08)

Climate change side effect (Ted and Bess Koffman Op-Ed in Bangor Daily News, 4/12/08)

Making a pitch for the use of local wood (Kennebec Journal, 4/12/08)

Springing into action (Kennebec Journal, 4/11/08)

Plant a garden, get a tax break? (Roger Doiron on AlterNet, 4/11/08)

The solution beneath our feet -- home and community gardens (Grist, 4/11/08)

Let the world learn from farmers' experience with GMOs (Institute of Science in Society, 4/11/08)

Can industrial agriculture feed the world? Part 2. (Grist, 4/10/08)

We'll reap what we sow [in the Farm Bill] (Los Angeles Times, 4/10/08)

Rule protects farmers from GE suits (Bangor Daily News, 4/10/08)

Shedding some light on Montville's crop ban (Kennebec Journal, 4/10/08)

Syrup run's late start worrisome (Bangor Daily News, 4/8/08)

Government sued after approving 4 pesticides (San Francisco Chronicle, 4/8/08)

USDA pressuring organic farmers to join NAIS (Organic Consumers Association, 4/7/08)

Grains gone wild (New York Times, 4/7/08)

First spring things (Gene Logsdon in OrganicToBe.org, 4/7/08)

Corn hits a new record -- $6 a bushel (Grist, 4/6/08)

Lamb watch volunteer? Ewe bet! (Portland Press Herald, 4/6/08)

Feed supply, costs squeeze organic livestock farmers (DesMoines Register, 4/5/08)

Go for an edible estate -- the case against lawns (AlterNet.org, 4/4/08)

Skewed view from the Berkeley hills (Grist, 4/4/08)

Who owns your tomato? (Grist, 4/4/08)

Nutrition 'Science' has hijacked our meals --- and our health (Michael Pollan on AlterNet.org, 4/3/08)

Time for the Bangor Garden Show (Bangor Daily News, 4/3/08)

Got soy milk? Vermont does (Boston Globe, 4/2/08)

GM seeds can last for 10 years (BBC News, 4/2/08)

Soup to Nuts: Chef of the month at Camden Hills High School (Portland Press Herald, 4/2/08)

Simple fixes to live green (J. Erika Shriner Op-Ed in Bangor Daily News, 4/2/08)

Local vegetarians unite! (Bangor Daily News, 4/2/08)

In Maine, Spring yields its first sweet crop (Boston Globe, 4/2/08)

Vote in Montville is boost for natural crops (Kennebec Journal, 4/1/08)

Genetically engineered crops banned in town (Bangor Daily News, 4/1/08)

Richard B. Parker Obituary (Village Soup, 3/31/08)

Land once preserved, now being farmed (US News & World Report, 3/31/08)

Time to start growing your own bread (OrganicToBe.org, 3/31/08)

Did your shopping list kill a songbird (New York Times, 3/30/08)

Banning toxic toys to build a bright green childhood (WorldChanging.com, 3/28/08)

Playing with toxins (Editorial in Bangor Daily News, 3/27/08)

Unity: town conference on using local food (Bangor Daily News, 3/26/08)

Could urban gardens help address rising food prices? (The Guardian, 3/26/08)

Seniors can apply for FarmShare benefit (Kennebec Journal, 3/25/08)

Maine chefs nominated for industry's highest honor [James Beard Award] (Portland Press Herald, 3/25/08)

Decline of bees stings growers (Bangor Daily News, 3/25/08)

We're losing fight to end hunger in the U.S. (Kennebec Journal, 3/24/08)

Anti-hunger movement just too nice (Kennebec Journal, 3/24/08)

Pingree bill listing hazards in toys worthwhile (Jackie Moreau letter to editor in Portland Press Herald, 3/23/08)

Meat Wagon: pork super-bug (Grist, 3/23/08)

Aquaculture company hopes to raise cod Downeast (Portland Press Herald, 3/23/08)

Organic farmers host workshop to spread word (Kennebec Journal, 3/22/08)

Cold nights, warmer days fueling hopes for syrup producers (Kennebec Journal, 3/22/08)

Composting plan benefits residents, environment (Portland Press Herald, 3/22/08)

Efforts to restore American chestnut produces line of blight-resistant trees (Bangor Daily News, 3/22/08)

Efforts to eradicate hunger called lacking (Kennebec Journal, 3/21/08)

What does climate change do to our heads? (World Changing, 3/21/08) 

Efforts to eradicate hunger called lacking (Kennebec Journal, 3/21/08)

The sweet taste of collaboration (Portland Press Herald, 3/21/08)

Grain farmer claims moral victory in seed battle against Monsanto (The Globe and Mail, 3/20/08)

Mexico to allow planting of genetically modified crops (Grist, 3/20/08)

The Hansen ultimatum: get back to 350 ppm or risk an ice-free planet (Grist, 3/20/08)

Willard Hallam (Hal) Bonner Obituary (The Times Record, 3/19/08)

New evidence settles a lingering question: Is organic food more nutritious? (Organic Consumers Association, 3/19/08)

Heads Monsanto wins, tails we lose: the genetically modified food gamble (CommonDreams.org, 3/19/08)

The autoimmune epidemic: bodies gone haywire in a world out of balance (AlterNet, 3/19/08)

Arsenic in children's organic pear juice puzzles investigators (Ottawa Citizen, 3/19/08)

Corn can't save us (David Pimental in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3/18/08)

Farmers brace for fertilizer, diesel fuel costs (Bangor Daily News, 3/17/08)

Leaving behind the trucker's hat [it's fashionable to be a farmer] (New York Times, 3/16/08)

Maple syrup industry in Maine can't be outsourced (Editorial in Kennebec Journal, 3/15/08)

Hannibal brings new flavor to WCTC Culinary Arts (Village Soup, 3/14/08)

Super-weeds on the march (Grist, 3/14/08)

Noisy spring, silent summer? (Grist, 3/14/08)

The best home remedies may be sitting in your spice cabinet (AlterNet, 3/14/08)

First, Step Up (Bill McKibben on climate change in YES! Magazine, Spring 2008)

Rippling Waters Farm links local growers, school lunch program (Portland Press Herald, 3/13/08)

Got chemical and pesticide residues in your milk? (Grist, 3/13/08)

There's a home-grown way to address climate change (Anna Lappé in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/12/08)

Toxic stew poisoning our birds, ourselves (Kennebec Journal, 3/12/08)

Blind date with disaster: human loss of foresight (David Suzuki in The Guardian [U.K.], 3/12/08)

US organic food industry fears GMO contamination (Reuters, 3/12/08)

Organic milk: survival of the biggest? (Grist, 3/12/08)

Toxic pollutants found in eggs of Maine birds (Portland Press Herald, 3/11/08)

Rachel Carson's bond with Maine (Catherine Schmitt Op-Ed in Bangor Daily News, 3/11/08)

World warned on food price spiral (BBC News, 3/10/08)

Simplifying the Pesticide Risk Equation: The Organic Option (Report from The Organic Center, March 2008)

Conditions sour for organic dairy farmers (Grist, 3/10/08)

Cash and carroty - on joining a CSA (Grist, 3/10/08)

Fighting on a battlefield the size of a milk label (New York Times, 3/9/08)

Eat locally, ease climate change globally (Washington Post, 3/9/08)

The super bollworm cometh (salon.com, 3/7/08)

How now, organic cow? (Grist, 3/7/08)

Sewage-based fertlizer safety doubted (Associated Press, 3/7/08)

To save green, don't mow the median (Roger W. Bowen Op-Ed in the Bangor Daily News, 3/6/08)

Better safe than sorry: Senate passes toy safety bill (Grist, 3/6/08)

Peak oil? Peak soil! (Roger Doiron on CommonDream.org, 3/6/08)

Monsanto bullies consumer labeling (AlterNet, 3/6/08)

Religious investors call for boycott of GM sugar (FoodNavigator.com, 3/5/08)

Apple of his eye [Pastor Chuck apple sauces, butters and salsas] (Portland Press Herald, 3/5/08)

The bees' needs (on organic honey) (Grist, 3/5/08)

Meat wagon: beef behemouth - three firms could own 90% of meat market (Grist, 3/5/08)

USDA to allow planting GE trees (Organic Consumers Association, 3/5/08)

FDA to probe how soft cheese is made (Freep.com, 3/5/08)

Toxicologist helps Maine revise policies - Bush administration heeds American Chemistry Council request, bumps Rice from EPA panel (Hannah Pingree Op-Ed in Morning Sentinel, 3/5/08)

Evaluating hazardous consumer products (Jody Spear Op-Ed in Bangor Daily News, 3/5/08)

Not enough American dairy farmers switching to organic (Associated Press, 3/4/08)

Advocates use giant duck to highlight need for toy safety (WCSH6.com, 3/4/08)

Climate changes already yielding food disruptions (The Ethicurean, 3/4/08)

Put some meat into food regulations (Christopher D. Cook Op-Ed in the Bangor Daily News, 3/3/08)

My forbidden fruits (and vegetables) (Op-Ed by Farmer Jack Hedin in The New York Times, 3/1/08)

Researcher forced off toxics panel (Portland Press Herald, 3/1/08)

Legislators told of need to track toxic chemicals (Portland Press Herald, 2/29/08)

The world has gone to seed (Editorial in The Ottawa Citizen, 2/29/08)

Encyclopedia of Live goes live (treehugger.com, 2/28/08)

Campaign changed nation's eating habits (The Independent [U.K.], 2/28/08)

Downer cows products of profit happy dairy industry (CommonDreams.org, 2/28/07)

Non-GM breakthroughs leave GM behind (Institute of Science in Society, 2/27/08)

Farm Bill agonistes (Grist, 2/27/08)

Maine to consider tracking toxins in toys, products (Portland Press
Herald, 2/27/08)

Food and the specter of Malthus (The Financial Times, 2/26/08)

DEP sheds light on bulb dangers (Portland Press Herald, 2/26/08)

Meat roulette (Los Angeles Times, 2/25/08)

Meat wagon: cow-feed misdeeds (Grist, 2/25/08)

Corn can't save us: debunking the biofuel myth (David Pimental in the Kennebec Journal, 2/25/08)

The War on Bugs, by Will Allen (Book Review in Vermont Sunday Magazine, 2/24/08)

We need to protect our children [from unnecessary toxics] (Mike Belliveau Op-Ed in the Kennebec Journal, 2/24/08)

Syrup producers looking for rebound (Portland Press Herald, 2/24/08)

We chow down on a diet salted with mystery (Chicago Tribune, 2/24/08)

Unapproved biotech corn grown in Iowa (Organic Consumers Association, 2/24/08)

Say hello to an impatient generation-green (Portland Press Herald, 2/24/08)

What a little bird told us about the relationship of man and nature (Los Angeles Times, 2/24/08)

Exhibit focuses on Maine's invisible [migrant farm] workers (Kennebec Journal, 2/23/08)

More dairies go raw (Boston Globe, 2/23/08)

Michael Pollan on the big beef recall (treehugger.com, 2/21/08)

Bread-line time? Wheat stocks at all time lows (Grist, 2/21/08)

I know why the caged hen squawks (Grist, 2/21/08)

Pesticide dichlorvos found in frozen fish (asahi.com, 2/20/08)

The dairies are half-pint, but the flavor isn't (New York Times, 2/20/08)

Experts warn of environmental contaminants (King5.com [Seattle], 2/20/08)

Consumers may not be able to avoid cloned food (San Francisco Chronicle, 2/18/08)

No cow left behind (Kerry Trueman in The Huffington Post, 2/18/08)

Freedom, Liberty in an apple orchard (John Bunker Op-Ed in the Kennebec Journal, 2/17/08)

Put down the rutabaga and back away slowly (Essay by Claire Ackroyd in the Portland Press Herald, 2/17/08)

Skowhegan winter farmers' market a hit (Morning Sentinel, 2/16/08)

Going underground: Paul Stamets on the vast, intelligent network beneath our feet (The Sun, February, 2008)

Rediscovering the forgotten crops (BBC News, 2/15/08)

It's like the fog [aerial pesticide spraying in San Francisco], but more toxic (Grist, 2/15/08)

Monsanto U: Agribusiness's takeover of public schools (AlterNet, 2/15/08)

Green lawns could lead to brownouts (CNNMoney.com, 2/15/08)

Attack of the superweeds (Grist, 2/14/08)

Gas that need not pass unused (The Land Institute, 2/13/08)

The Maine Ingredient: A discussion of value comes 'round to values (Portland Press Herald, 2/13/08)

Perchlorate in food (Environmental Science & Technology, 2/13/08)

Is there a plan for life after peak oil? (AlterNet, 2/12/08)

Health foods' hidden power broker (Fortune, 2/12/08)

If you love fresh produce, this event is for you (Kennebec Journal, 2/9/08)

Unity offering sustainability degrees (Morning Sentinel, 2/9/08)

Give us this day our daily fuel [bread]: one bushel at a time (TreeHugger.com, 2/9/08)

Why the price of peak oil is famine (The Telegraph [U.K.], 2/9/08)

Biofuels deemed a greenhouse threat (New York Times, 2/8/08)

Who's your farmer (Kennebec Journal, 2/7/08)

Growers release brakes on bio-tech wheat (agbios.com, 2/7/08)

Excursion train put up for sale (Kennebec Journal, 2/7/08)

Next market bubble: farmland (Grist, 2/7/08

Slow Food and friends to host CSA fair (Portland Press Herald, 2/6/08)

Augusta farmers' market seeks new vendors (Kennebec Journal, 2/5/08)

A medical mystery unfolds in Minnesota (The New York Times, 2/5/08)

Rising CO2 levels: a double whammy for the food supply (truthout.org, 2/4/08)

To pull a thorn from the side of the planet  [organic flower bouquets] (New York Times, 2/3/08)

Backyard farms: fossil-fuel hostage insurance (Kennebec Journal, 2/3/08)

The experts have spoken: grass-fed beef is worth the cost (The Ethicurean, 2/1/08)

Rockland Farmers' Market seeks new vendors (Bangor Daily News, 2/1/08)

More corn. More GMOs. More pests? (Institute for Agriculture And Trade Policy, 2/1/08)

Mitigating climate change through organic agriculture and localized food systems (Institute of Science in Society, 1/31/08)

If you operate the largest farm in your state, why would you be interested in farm policy? (The Farm Gate, 1/31/08)

Pesticide-free produce, pesticide-free kids (Grist, 1/31/08)

Organic food industry in a supply crunch (AP story in the Boston Globe, 1/29/08)

Quest for Maine's ancient apples results in new book (Kennebec Journal, 1/28/08)

Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler (The New York Times, 1/27/08)

Value of blueberry crop soars (Portland Press Herald, 1/27/08)

Amateur beekeepers starting quite a buzz in Maine (Kennebec Journal, 1/27/08)

Type 2 diabetes may be linked to pesticide exposure (Environment News Service, 1/25/08)

Fresh Off The Farm shops for new owner (Village Soup, 1/25/08)

Eco Farm: seeds of ignorance (Grist, 1/25/08)

Green coalition touts goals (Kennebec Journal, 1/25/08)

Lawn to farm: suburbia's silver lining (CommonDreams.org, 1/24/08)

Genetically engineered super-carrot (Grist, 1/24/08)

Cystic river: ag practices mucking with the Mississippi river (Grist, 1/24/08)

Eating as if the climate mattered (AlterNet.org, 1/23/08)

Organic art? (OrganicToBe.org, 1/22/08)

The low-down on topsoil: it's disappearing (CommonDreams.org, 1/22/08)

Small farmers oppose NAIS (Organic Consumers Association, 1/22/08)

Cloned meat butchers appetite (Editorial in Portland Press Herald, 1/21/08)

From food stamps to farmers' markets: US food subsidies evolve (WorldChanging, 1/21/08)

Dining in 2015: Ecocook (Treehugger.com, 1/21/08)

The false US economy vs. nature's expansion-contraction cycle (Common Dream, 1/20/08)

Costly fuel, costly calories (New York Times, 1/19/08)

Have an apple, it's nothing to wheeze at (PlanetGreen, 1/18/08)

Rising CO2 Levels Could Decrease the Nutritional Value of Major Food Crops (scientificblogging.com, 1/18/08)

Heritage breeds could be key to sustainable farming (The New Farm, 1/17/08)

York neighbors: hands-on garden project (Portland Press Herald, 1/17/08)

Dominant traits: Monsanto's latest court triumph cloaks massive market power (Grist, 1/17/08)

Digest: Clones as food (The Ethicurean, 1/16/08)

Going against the grain [bakery promotes spelt] (Portland Press Herald, 1/16/08)

Port Clyde watermen awarded grant (Bangor Daily News, 1/16/08)

Farmers shocked by consolidation plan (Bangor Daily News, 1/16/08)

Scientists unveil GE carrot (BBC News, 1/15/08)

Making more food with less (WorldChanging.com, 1/15/08)

FDA approves food from cloned animals (The Ethicurean, 1/15/08)

P.E.I. pork farmers have creative economic plan (CBC Television, 1/14/08)

Meat wagon: factory farms milk the government (Grist, 1/14/08)

Orono winter farmers' market sets community table (Bangor Daily News, 1/14/08)

Portland a Green City [mentions Common Ground Country Fair] (Organic Gardening, 02/08)

Kitchen Literacy: The Perfect Read for a Retrovore (Kitchen Literacy, 1/12/08)

Knitters seek eco-friendly yarn (Grist, 1/11/08)

Tainted toys prompt new legislative bill (Bangor Daily News, 1/11/08)

Cargill's well-connected fertilizer unit wow's Wall Street, dumps on Florida (Grist, 1/11/08)

Countdown to the 2008 Farm Bill: Part 1 (Grist, 1/10/08)

A vermont hog farmer's opinion of the "naturally raised" label (The Ethicurean, 1/10/08)

Consuming our way to unhappiness (AlterNet, 1/10/08)

News flash: industrial food is really, really bad (Grist, 1/9/08)

The poor get diabetes, the rich get local and organic (AlterNet, 1/9/08)

"You are what you eat," say Maine beef growers (keepMEcurrent.com, 1/8/08)

Fiber CSAs: Do you know where your yarn has been? (WorldChanging.com, 1/7/08)

The Big (Local) Apple: New York City invests in local foods infrastructure (Grist, 1/7/08)

Why the era of cheap food is over (AlterNet, 1/7/08)

American Dietetic Association on Greening of Food Service Industry (Treehugger.com, 1/6/08)

School lunch costs on the rise (Portland Press Herald, 1/5/08)

Stonyfield stirs up the yogurt market (CNN.com, 1/4/08)

Monsanto sees its profits triple (Grist, 1/4/08)

Can Maine feed Maine? (Belfast Co-op in Village Soup, 1/4/08)

Fun way to get kids off junk food (organictobe.org, 1/4/08)

Bring on the broccoli (Portland Press Herald, 1/2/08)

Organic farming offers beginners a viable path into agriculture (Center for Rural Affairs, January 2008)

Farm preservers land 1st deal (Kennebec Journal, 12/29/07)

Shear ingenuity: woolless sheep (Kennebec Journal, 12/28/07)

Mapping the price of a calorie (The Ethicurean, 12/28/07)

Chemical gap (Editorial in Bangor Daily News, 12/27/07)

The [immigrant/alien] hands that feed (Grist, 12/26/07)

Food mantra for 2008: Local, local, local (Portland Press Herald, 12/26/07)

County fair group looks to build farm heritage building (Bangor Daily News, 12/26/07)

Both sides cite science to address altered corn (The New York Times, 12/26/07)

York Neighbors: Greehnouse may grow more than plants (Portland Press Herald, 12/20/07)

Anna E. (Betty) Weir (Featured Obituary in Portland Press Herald, 12/19/07)

Franken-broccoli? (Grist, 12/19/07)

System to track cloned animals is planned (The New York Times, 12/19/07)

A season for stuff (Grist, 12/18/07)

Farm Bill enriches those who don't need help (Editorial in Portland Press Herald, 12/18/07)

A food bill for America's cities (CommonDreams.org, 12/18/07)

US corn boom threatens sea life (Boston Globe, 12/18/07)

Greener value in home-grown food (Letter to The New York Times, 12/16/07)

Our decrepit food factories (Michael Pollan in The New York Times, 12/16/07)

How safe is your salad? (San Francisco Chronicle, 12/16/07)

Rights and responsibilities of Bt corn (Logan Perkins Op-Ed in Bangor Daily News, 12/13/07)

Lingering toxins continue to cause cancer (The Vancouver Sun, 12/13/07)

Maine's beautiful food landscape (Bangor Daily News, 12/12/07)

Officials worried about potato pest (MaineToday.com, 12/12/07)

We are what we eat (AlterNet, 12/10/07)

State keeps eye on animal diseases (Bangor Daily News, 12/10/07)

Brown can be the new green, and perhaps much more (Don Flannery Opinion in the Portland Press Herald, 12/9/07)

How will we feed ourselves? (Grist, 12/6/07)

Backyard farms greenhouse grower names new president (Bangor Daily News, 12/6/07)

'Eat local' celebration draws strong support (MaineCoastNow.com, 12/6/07)

The school-lunch dog fight (Grist, 12/5/06)

Port Clyde fishermen find creative ways to sell catch (Village Soup, 12/4/07)

Feeding ethanol waste to cows (Grist, 12/4/07)

Shopping organic can prove confusing (Kennebec Journal, 12/3/07)

Burnt foods linked to cancer (BBC News, 12/3/07)

MOFGA started small, blossomed (MaineCoastNow.com, 11/30/07)

How corporate control of produce markets squeezes workers, farmers & consumers (Grist, 11/29/07)

Farming future meeting standing room only (Kennebec Journal, 11/28/07)

Round 2 for biotech beets (New York Times, 11/27/07)

Backyard gardens shelter Europe's orphan seeds (New York Times, 11/27/07)

These native Mainers struggling just to stay around (Kennebec Journal, 11/24/07)

Group hopes chestnut makes comeback (Portland Press Herald, 11/23/07)

Buying local gives big boost (Portland Press Herald, 11/23/07)

Eat organic, eat local, eat what (WorldChanging, 11/23/07)

Early puberty's toxic causes and effects (San Francisco Bay Guardian, 11/21/07)

How will global warming effect Maine (Portland Press Herald, 11/20/07)

The future of the Farm Bill: moving toward responsible agriculture (Grist.org, 11/19/07)

Backyard Farms turns 1, expands (Kennebec Journal, 11/19/07)

Green cuisine [Bowdoin College, Luce's Meats], (Union of Concerned Scientists, Fall 2007)

Bt corn, target of ire and appreciation (Kennebec Journal, 11/16/07)

Obituary: John Snell, Sr. - apple farmer, family man, history buff (Portland Press Herald, 11/16/07)

How dry we are: a question nobody wants to raise about drought (CommonDreams, 11/16/07)

Old MacDonald had a farm, and he got arrested (The Nation, 11/16/07)

Eating local during the dark days of winter (World Changing, 11/16/07)

Strict rules needed to protect organic crops (Melissa Hughes (Organic Valley) Opinion in Kennebec Journal, 11/15/07)

Can industrial agriculture feed the world? (Grist, 11/14/07)

New questions on genetically modified corn (Kennebec Journal, 11/14/07)

Setting a Maine-only Thanksgiving table (Portland Press Herald, 11/14/07)

Corn fight? Rules regarding GE corn still up in the air (Kennebec Journal, 11/13/07)

The oldest cow in Maine? (Bangor Daily News, 11/13/07)

"Locavore" chose as word of the year (The Ethicurean, 11/12/07)

Do escaped transgenes persist in nature? (Molecular Ecology, 11/11/07)

Organic milk may help babies beat allergies (The Guardian [U.K.], 11/9/07)

Organic milk cuts eczema in children and boosts breast milk (Soil Association [U.K.], 11/9/07)

Agricultural subsidies take from poor, give to rich (Kennebec Journal Opinion, 11/9/07)

Maine-grown veggies at Colby salad bar (Kennebec Journal, 11/9/07)

Why gutting subsidies shouldn't be the focus of Farm Bill reform (Grist, 11/8/07)

Acid trip: the joys of local cider vinegar (The Ethicurean, 11/8/07)

Battle over 'natural' food designation (CommonDreams.org, 11/7/07)

He's on the [garlic] bulb (Bangor Daily News, 11/7/07)

Biofuels: an agricultural crime against humanity (Monbiot.com, 11/6/07)

Organics reign for farmers at 3-day seminar (Bangor Daily News, 11/5/07)

Health fears grow over deadly superbug infecting 32 farms (The Daily Mail [U.K.], 11/5/07)

Weed it and reap (Michael Pollan Op-Ed in the New York Times, 11/4/07)

Disappearing bee mystery deepens (Science, 11/2/07)

Bush names a new USDA chief (Grist, 11/1/07)

High crop prices, more chemicals (Grist, 11/1/07)

100 garden flowers good enough to eat (The Daily Mail [U.K.], 11/1/07)

Mystery skin disease in farmers (BBC News, 11/2/07)

The world's top 10 seed companies (ETC Group, 10/31/07)

Fresh Chef: good stuff still to be had post frost (Portland Press Herald, 10/31/07)

Madison tomato producer ready to expand (Portland Press Herald, 10/31/07)

Scientists and rats agree: organic food is better for you (Grist, 10/30/07)

EU study finds organic produce better for you (BBC News, 10/29/07)

Educational focus planned for Tidewater Farm in Falmouth (Portland Press Herald, 10/29/07)

American fast food is served up with a hidden price (Portland Press Herald, 10/29/07)

Global warming forces reexamination of our values (John Tjepkema Op-Ed in Bangor Daily News, 10/29/07)

Study reveals nitrogen fertilizer depletes soil organic carbon (University of Illinois, 10/29/07)

Dairies unite to set safety standards for raw milk cheese (San Francisco Chronicle, 10/26/07)

Top 10 farmers' markets (green light, 10/25/07)

Keeping Cape [Elizabeth] farm friendly (Portland Press Herald, 10/25/07)

Organic food rule change warning (BBC News [U.K.], 10/25/07)

Good food, dangerous packaging (organictobe.org, 10/25/07)

Strategic organic food shopping (WorldChanging.com, 10/23/07)

Organic vision marred by TV dinners (Common Dreams, 10/23/07)

Ruminating on grass-fed label backlash (The Ethicurean, 10/23/07)

Tests reveal high chemical levels in kids' bodies (CNN, 10/22/07)

Bringing Maine meats to national marketplace (Bangor Daily News, 10/22/07)

Five easy ways to go organic (New York Times, 10/22/07)

Businesses may find new profits in Maine forests (Kennebec Journal, 10/22/07)

Bitter harvest for small farms (Washington Post, 10/20/07)

Genetically altered food: labels hotly debated in Iowa (Des Moines Register, 10/19/07)

New technique speeds up transgenic crop design (Biopact, 10/19/07)

And meals to go before we sleep (Grist, 10/19/07)

What will turn the tide toward sustainability? (WorldChanging, 10/18/07)

Girls just wanna have farm (Grist, 10/18/07)

Is our food any safer since the last e. coli outbreak? (AlterNet, 10/18/07)

At our house, cider rules (Portland Press Herald, 10/17/07)

Resource agencies merger a bad idea (George Smith column in Kennebec Journal, 10/17/07)

What was behind the honeybee wipeout? (AlterNet, 10/16/07)

USDA limits grass-fed lable to meat that actually is (The Ethicurean, 10/16/07)

A carbon-negative fuel (WorldChanging, 10/16/07)

Trees with rabbit genes accelerate cleaning of soil (The Guardian [U.K.], 10/16/07)

Small health food stores hold their own against chains (Morning Sentinel, 10/15/07)

Manchester orchard aided by Land For Maine's Future (Kennebec Journal, 10/14/07)

Women and toxics: fishy advice on eating fish (WorldChanging.com, 10/12/07)

Table talk: a conversation with Michael Pollan (Grist, 10/12/07)

In the belly of the beast: the savory challenges of being a sustainable chef in big ag country (Grist, 10/11/07)

Mike Prevost pesticides comic! (Portland Press Herald, 10/11/07)

New reason for old farm to grow (Portland Press Herald, 10/11/07)

Kill king corn (Editorial in Nature, 10/11/07)

A tale of two counties: extremes of agricultural production in the farm belt (Grist, 10/10/07)

The Great Maine Apple Day - October 20th (Portland Press Herald, 10/9/07)

Aglow with butternut beauty (Portland Press Herald, 10/10/07)

Budweiser and GE rice (Organic Consumers Association, 10/9/07)

Journey into the heart of industrial agriculture (Grist, 10/9/07)

Sow what? Grist series on food & agriculture (Grist, 10/9/07)

The Wedge buys organic farm in Minnesota (Organic Consumers Association, 10/8/07)

Chip implants linked to animal tumors (Washington Post, 10/8/07)

Maine micro-dairies showcased on open creamery day (Bangor Daily News, 10/8/07)

Environmental change through a positive vision (AlterNet, 10/8/07)

GE corn could affect aquatic ecosystems (Organic Consumers Association, 10/8/07)

Lubec family's policy is to farm the right way (Bangor Daily News, 10/5/07)

Restore the Clean Water Act (Sharon Tisher Op-Ed in Bangor Daily News, 10/3/07)

Pest control businesses reducing chemical use (Portland Press Herald, 10/3/07)

Cheese makers open doors to the public (Bangor Daily News, 10/3/07)

Fresh chef: fun in the pumpkin patch (Portland Press Herald, 10/3/07)

Our grandparents: the real environmentalists? (AlterNet, 10/3/07)

Hats off to Amanda Beal for improving kids' lives (Craig Lapine Editorial in Portland Press Herald, 10/1/07)

Farm plan proposed to save Windham landmark (Portland Press Herald, 10/1/07)

The best eat local cookbooks (eatlocalchallenge.com, October 2007)

Disaster readiness and recovery: legal considerations for organic farmers (FLAG, September 2007)

Study suggests DDT, breast cancer link (Los Angeles Times, 9/30/07)

The blessings of dirty work (Barbara Kingsolver in the Washington Post, 9/30/07)

A 'cap and trade' market for open space? (Portland Press Herald, 9/30/07)

No slim pickings this year (Portland Press Herald, 9/29/07)

Worm resurgence troubles apple farmers (National Public Radio Weekend Edition, 9/29/07)

A healthy sense of hope (Grist, 9/28/07)

Fertilizers blamed for deformed frogs (Common Dreams, 9/27/07)

Time to reinvest in the school lunch program (Grist, 9/27/07)

Backyard beekeepers as warriors against a plague (New York Times, 9/27/07)

'Our Biotech Future': An Exchange - Wendell Berry et. al. respond to biotech optimism (NYBooks.com, 9/27, 2007)

New hands share hard work of harvest (Bangor Daily News, 9/26/07)

Couple smiles and says "Goat Cheese" (Boston Globe, 9/26/07)

Girl, you'll be a woman too soon [chemicals and other causes of early onset puberty] (Grist, 9/26/07)

Senator Craig's amendment hurt independent farmers (Editorial in Kennebec Journal, 9/25/07)

Are you insane enough to farm (OrganicToBe.org, 9/25/07)

More pupils eat what neighboring farms grow (Portland Press Herald, 9/24/07)

Common Ground Country Fair: An organ of contentment (Kennebec Journal (9/23/07)

Thousands find Common Ground (Bangor Daily News, 9/22/07)

How local can you go? (The Gazette [Quebec], 9/22/07)

The meaning of $80 oil (WorldChanging.com, 9/22/07)

Let the East bloom again (Op-Ed in New York Times, 9/22/07)

Common Ground fairgoers encouraged to come by bicycle (Bangor Daily News, 9/21/07)

Unity gears up for Common Ground (Bangor Daily News, 9/21/07)

Organically grown (Kennebec Journal, 9/20/19)

Maine's apple heritage program at Union Historical Society (Village Soup, 9/20/07)

Fresh chef recipes: salt cod cakes and roasted vegetables (Portland Press Herald, 9/19/07)

Apple [orchards] of their eye (Portland Press Herald, 9/19/07)

Health disaster in French Caribbean linked to pesticides (The Independent [U.K.], 9/19/07)

Government's plan to protect you from terrorist livestock (Jim Hightower in AlterNet, 9/19/07)

State audits aim to ensure food safety (Bangor Daily News, 9/17/07)

Pesticides can 'double' the risk of asthma (Daily Mail [U.K.], 9/17/07)

MOFGA flips the switch to wind power (MOFGA, 9/16/07)

Perennial dividing time (Portland Press Herald, 9/16/07)

Midcoast actress brings Rachel Carson's life to the stage (Portland Press Herald, 9/15/07)

Life gives you apples (Kennebec Journal, 9/15/07)

Slow Food's recipe for success (The New Farm, 9/14/07)

CA passes cloned food labeling law (Wired Science, 9/14/07)

Have you eaten your genetically modified food today (Wired Science, 9/14/07)

Cheap biofuel feedstocks take a toll on soil health (Organic Consumers Association, 9/13/07)

Toxic chemicals blamed for disappearance of arctic boys (CommonDreams.org, 9/12/07)

Meetinghouse Restaurant [Georgetown] review (ExploreNewEngland.com, 9/12/07)

A pot pie to crow about (Portland Press Herald, 9/12/07)

Soft shell lobster and September corn (Portland Press Herald, 9/12/07)